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B. W. KELLEY & R. B. SEETON. PAUUET FOR BEEROR OTHER GASKS. No. 557,395.

Patented Mar. 31, 1896.

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EDIVARD IV. KELLEY AND ROBERT B. SEETON, OF LOIVELL, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO ANDREIV LIVINGSTON, OF SAME PLACE.

FAUCET FOR BEER OR OTHER CASKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,395, dated March31, 1896.

Application filed June 2 '7, l 89 5.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, EDWARD W. KELLEY and ROBERT D. SEETON, of Lowell,in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented anImprovement in Faucets for Beer or other Casks, of which the followingdescription, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object the improvement of that class offaucets wherein the shell is adapted to be screwed permanently into thecask or barrel, the valve being closed completely before the detachmentof the removable nozzle.

In this class of faucets a perforated cap is usually threaded into theinner end of the shell, the valve, suitably packed, being rotativelymovable between diaphragms on the cap and shell, respectively, a passagein the valve registering with similar openings in the diaphrag ms whenthe valve is opened. Usage of such faucets wears the valve and thediaphragms until there is leakage, and to take up such wear it isnecessary, so far as we are aware, to remove the faucet from the caskand then tighten the cap on the inner end of the shell. We have overcomethis very objectionable feature by providing in the shell a bearing forthe valve, which bearing can be adjusted in the shell while the latteris in the cask, to take up wear caused by operation of the valve.

In accordance therewith our invention consists in a faucet constructedand to operate as will be hereinafter described, and particularlypointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a faucet embodying ourinvention, showing the valve open and the nozzle and valve-actuator inoperative position. Fig. 2 is a face view of the outer end of the shellor'casing with the nozzle detached. Fig. 3 is a detached view inelevation of the adjustable valvebearing, and Fig. 4is a perspectiveView of the valve and its stem with the packing omitted.

The shell or casing a, forming the body of the faucet, is externallythreaded at a to 50 screw into the cask or barrel in usual manner,

the inner end of the body being interiorly Serial No. 554,200. (Nomodel.)

threaded to engage the threaded portion 1) of a cap I) having adiaphragm or end b perfoated at N, Fig. 1, the outer end of the caphaving one or more openings, as b therein, to permit the contents of thecask or barrel to enter the cap.

Preferably the cap is provided with an annular flange b to rest againstthe inner end of the body a. A hub or boss a is formed within the bodyat, having a central opening threaded at a and secured to the inner wallof the body by a web a, the said web having openings, as a, therein toestablish communication between the two ends of the body a. Into thethreaded opening of the boss a we insert a sleeve or bushing f, threadedexteriorly at f and having in its outer end a nick f whereby it may berotated by means of a screw-driver, or any other suitable device may beused to rotate the bushing. This bushing forms a bearing for the spindled of a valve (1, the latter resting against the innermost end of thebushing, while the extremity of the spindle is made polygonal incross-section, as at (1 Figs. 1 and 2, for a purpose to be described.

Referring to Fig. 4, the face of the valve is provided with an annularflange d notched at d and forming a seat for a suitable packing-disk 6,having an opening 6' therein to register with a hole 61 in the valve,and in Fig. 1 the valve is shown in position to afford a free passagefor the liquid from thecap 1) into the body a of the faucet.

The packing e, which may be of leather, rubber, or other suitablematerial, is peripherally shaped to present ears to enter the notches dand prevent rotative movement of the packing relative to the valve,thereby retaining 0 the openings e and (1 always in alinement.

The bushing f is first screwed into the hub or boss a and then the valveis put in place with its spindle extended through the bushing, and thecap I) is screwed onto the inner 5 end of the body a until it bears withsufficient force upon the packing to make the valve tight, whilepermitting rotative movement thereof. The faucet is then screwed intothe cask or barrel and is ready for use. Constant 10o use wears down thepacking, and it must be either renewed or such wear compensated for,

and we accomplish this compensation without removing the faucet from thebarrel by re-. moving the nozzle, and with a suitable screwdriver orother device we rotate the bushing in the threaded boss a until thevalve is moved toward the end 11 of the cap with sufficient force tostop any leakage. This can be done from time to time, as necessary,until the packing is worn-down too thin for further use.

It will be obvious that rotation of the valve aboutits longitudinal axiswill move the openings e and d out of alinement with the opening 12 inthe end of the cap, so closing the valve, reverse movement opening thelatter.

The outer end of the body a is provided with an annular lip a and hastwo undercut segmental flanges (see Fig. 2,) forming one part of thenozzle-coupling.

The nozzle 0 is annularly flanged at its inner end at e and has areduced portion to enter the central opening formed by the flanges a ofthe body, ears 0 (see dotted lines, Fig. 1) on the reduced portionentering the cutaway portions between the flanges, so that partialrotation of the nozzle 0 into the position shown in Fig. 1 will carrythe ears underneath the flange to rigidly couple or hold the nozzle inplace.

A suitable washer w is closely pressed against the body within theflange a by the flange c on the nozzle to prevent leakage at such point.

The polygonal portion (Z of the valve-stem is adapted to enter acorrespondingly-shaped recess in the inner end d of the valve-actuator d(shown in Fig. 1 as extended through the nozzle 0 and a suitablestufling-box c the part c of the nozzle forming a bearing for the innerend of the valve-actuator and being slotted at c to permit the passageof the fluid when the valve is open. A shoulder c on the interior of thenozzle is adapted to engage at times with a projection or lug d on thevalveactuator, the shoulder and lug being so located relatively thatwhen the nozzle is coupled tothe bodya the actuator may be rotatedsufliciently to open the valve, as shown and described in anotherapplication, Serial No. 526,912, filed by Edward W. Kelley.

\Vhen the nozzle is detached, it is given about a quarter of a turn, oruntil the ears 0 can be withdrawn, and if the valve has notpreviouslybeen closed by rotation of the actuator the shoulder 0 willengage the lug d on .the actuator and turn the latter therewith untilthe valve is closed.

\Ve have not herein claimed the nozzle and actuator broadly, nor themethod of connecting the same to the body of the faucet, as the same ismade the subject-matter of our other said application referred to.

The rotative movement of the valve is limited by means of a segmentallip or flange (Z (see Figs. 1 and 4) on the outer side of the valve, thespace between the ends of said lip part a of the obvious that we mayprovide both the valve and the cap with a plurality of openings,provided a sufficient space be left between them to close the valve bypartial rotation of the latter.

e claim- 1. In a faucet, a shell or body, an adjustable bearing therein,a rotatable valve having an opening in it and supported by the bearing,and a removable caphaving a perforated end to contact with the valve,longitudinal adjustment of the bearing pressing the valve against thecap, combined with a valveactuator, and a detachable nozzle,substantially as described.

2. I11 a faucet, a shell or body, an adj ustable bearing therein, arotatable valve having a fluid-opening and supported by said bearing,means to limit the rotation of the valve, and a removable cap having aperforated end to contact with the valve, longitudinal adjustment of thebearing pressing the valve against the cap, combined with a detachablenozzle, and an actuator for the valve, substantially as described.

3. In a faucet, a shell or body, a boss therein, a longitudinally-adjustable tubular bearing threaded into the boss, a rotatable perforatedvalve having a spindle extended through the bearing, and a removable caphaving a perforated inner end contiguous to the valve, combined with avalve-actuator, and a detachable nozzle, adjustment of the bearingpressing the valve against the end of the cap, substantially asdescribed.

4. In a faucet, a shell or body, an adj ustable tubular bearing therein,a rotatable perforated valve having a spindle extended through thebearing, a seat on the face of the valve, and a packing retained in theseat and perforated to register with the valve, combined with aremovable cap having a perforated end eontiguous to the packing,adjustment of the bearing pressing the packing against the end of thecap, a detachable nozzle, and an actuator for the valve, substantiallyas described.

I11 testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD W. KELLEY. ROBERT B. SEETON. WVitnesses:

JOHN W. Sro'rr, JOHN E. BA$SETT.

